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Ray's Boathouse Review
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Ray's Boathouse
- Address: 6049 Seaview Ave. NW, Ballard, Seattle, WA | Map It
- Phone: 206/789-3770
- www.rays.com
Fodor's Review:
The view of Shilshole Bay might be the big draw here, but the seafood is also impeccably fresh and well prepared. Perennial favorites include broiled salmon, Kasu sake-marinated cod, Dungeness crab, and regional oysters on the half shell. Ray's has a split personality: there's a fancy dining room downstairs (reservations essential) and a casual café and bar upstairs (reservations not accepted). In warm weather you can sit on the deck outside the café and watch the parade of fishing boats, tugs, and pleasure craft floating past, almost right below your table. Be forewarned that during happy hour (or early-bird special time) in high season the café feels extremely touristy -- jam-packed with sour-faced retirees and frazzled parents dragging kids around by the elbows -- and service suffers greatly because of the crowds.
- Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V
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